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EARLY NERVE REPAIR AFTER INJURY TO THE POSTGANGLIONIC PLEXUS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SENSORY AND MOTOR NEURONAL SURVIVAL IN ADULT RATS

Jianjun Ma Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Section for Hand and Plastic Surgery, and the Department of Integrative, Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umea° University, Umeå, Sweden
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Lev N. Novikov Department of Integrative, Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umea° University, Umeå, Sweden
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Jan-Olof Kellerth Department of Integrative, Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umea° University, Umeå, Sweden
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Mikael Wiberg Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Section for Hand and Plastic Surgery, and the Department of Integrative, Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umea° University, Umeå, Sweden
Pages 1-9 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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